1895–96 County Championship |
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Countries | England |
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Champions | Yorkshire (7th title) |
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Runners-up | Surrey |
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The 1895–96 Rugby Union County Championship was the eighth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at that time.[1] The competition was reorganised with a reduction of groups from four to three, and the winners of the south-east and south-west groups competing in a play-off for the right to play the northern group winners in the final. This was the third format of the competition.[2]
Yorkshire won the competition for the seventh time defeating Surrey in the final.[3][4]
Group stage
Northern group
Yorkshire | 11–0 | Northumberland |
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South-eastern group
South-western group
Devon | 22–3 | Cornwall |
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Devon | 3 goals, 1 try – 1 goal | Gloucestershire |
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Cornwall | 0–10 | Gloucestershire |
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Southern Play Off match
Date | Venue | Team One | Team Two | Score |
30 Jan | Richmond | Surrey | Devon | 16-0[7][8] |
Final
Surrey | 4–16 | Yorkshire |
Drop: Ashford | | Try: Barron, Mosley, Murgatroyd, Couley Con: Duke (2) |
See also
References
- ^ Jenkins, Vivian (1976) [1975]. Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0362-00221-5.
- ^ a b Salmon, Tom (1983). The First Hundred Years. The Story of Rugby Football in Cornwall. Illogan: Cornwall RFU. pp. 113–5. ISBN 0 946664 01 3.
- ^ ""FOOTBALL." Daily News, 21 Feb. 1896". British Newspaper Archives.[permanent dead link]
- ^ ""FOOTBALL." York Herald, 18 Feb. 1896, p. 7". British Newspaper Archives.
- ^ Impartial (21 November 1895). "Football". The Cornishman. No. 907. pp. 3 & 5.
- ^ Impartial (5 December 1895). "Football". The Cornishman. No. 909. p. 7.
- ^ ""THE RUGBY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP." York Herald, 30 Jan. 1896, p. 9". British Library Newspaper Archives.
- ^ ""FOOTBALL." Standard, 31 Jan. 1896, p. 8". British Library Newspaper Archives.
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